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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Zelandiscus (Genus)
> elevatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon (Solemia) elevata Climo, 1978
Images: Zelandiscus elevatus (Climo, 1978)
Holotype, collected 05 Jun 1977, Doctor Creek, Aorere Cave entrance, S of Rockville, SSW of Collingwood, NZ (M.056069). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 05 Jun 1977, Doctor Creek, Aorere Cave entrance, S of Rockville, SSW of Collingwood, NZ (M.056069). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 05 Jun 1977, Doctor Creek, Aorere Cave entrance, S of Rockville, SSW of Collingwood, NZ (M.056069). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Zelandiscus (Genus)
> elevatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon (Solemia) elevata Climo, 1978
Details: Zelandiscus elevatus (Climo, 1978)
Distribution:
South Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M. Nov/2021 From Dark Comes the Light - Shell Collecting Underground, Cookia, 33 (p.22)
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.184) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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